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The Ministry of Education has devised several strategies aimed at strengthening the early childhood sector, in light of the fact that the formative years are critical to the development of children. Some of the strategies include: the merging of uneconomical and ineffective basic schools into primary institutions; teacher training; the development of nutrition programmes; and forging partnerships with stakeholders, which...

Members of the Accompong community in St. Elizabeth have expressed gratitude for the new basic school that was handed over recently. "We are thankful to all those persons who gave willingly to make this a reality. I am overwhelmed. The parents and the community will protect the school,” said Principal of the school, Daynia Miles, at the handing over ceremony....

The HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA) has re-named the campus for its academy at Junction in south east St. Elizabeth, the Derrick Rochester Campus, in honour of the former parliamentarian who represented the area. The academy, the Southwest Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Institute, offers courses in engineering, furniture making, website designing, agro processing, and the creative arts. A...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said that an additional $1billion has been added to the upcoming budget for special and early childhood education. “We are adding it so that our little children can get the best…we wish we could do more,” the Minister stated. He was speaking at the official opening of the Accompong Basic School in...

Education Minster, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says everything is in place for the start of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) on Thursday, March 21. He said schools are already receiving their supplies to facilitate the two-day sitting of the examination, and the delivery process should be completed by the end of Tuesday. “I am encouraging any school that...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging Jamaicans to save more as this is important to the country’s economic growth. “We need to improve savings at all levels in Jamaican society. We need to stop depending on other people’s savings as much as we have chronically done and have now placed us in the impasse of our...

The Government is moving to expand the National School Garden Programme, with plans to establish a garden in every public school over the next five years. Currently, 352 schools in Jamaica have gardens under the programme. The announcement was made by Director of Field Services and Economic Development of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ron Blake, as he addressed the St....

The training capacity at two Corporate Area institutions has been boosted by the provision of an equipped computer room and learning software valued at approximately C$47,000, by the Canadian High Commission in Jamaica. The Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Mannings Hill Road, and Faith United Basic School in Washington Gardens, are the beneficiaries of the...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites says the educational achievement of students is being severely compromised by poor values and attitudes, where focus is being placed on material possessions and popular culture rather than learning. “We idolise bling, extreme fashions, whatever the current notion of popularity is,” he said, noting that many parents and grandparents, by their own conduct,...

Students of the José Martí Technical High School have been urged to exploit the opportunities which schools present, to become all they want to be in life. “The sky is not even the limit,” said Principal Financial Officer at the Ministry of Health, Michael Maragh, who was keynote speaker at the opening of the school’s Career Expo, held on the...

Communities in the West are set to become more integrated into the life of the University of the West Indies, through its Western Jamaica Ambassadorial Corps, comprising a group of leaders in the private and public sectors. “Through the advocacy and involvement of our Ambassadors, we at Western Jamaica Campus will benefit from their advice, their partnership and their assistance...

Approximately 95 children in the Waterhouse community are benefiting from a new school building, which was handed over to the Maranatha Christian Church by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on March 15. The Maranatha Ministries Basic School was constructed at a cost of $44.5 million, with financial support from the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), a project of the...